Title: W3C Markup Validation Errors
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# W3C Markup Validation Errors

 *  [pheffner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pheffner/)
 * (@pheffner)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-markup-validation-errors/)
 * I have eight errors showing up with the same error of:
 *  & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped 
   as &.)
 * If the plugin is deactivated it has no errors when validating. Was wondering 
   if you had a fix?
 * The lines are below:
 * …linkedin.com/profile/view?id=318958104&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=Wxnb&loc…
 * …view?id=318958104&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=Wxnb&locale=en_US&srchid=6712…
 * …04&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=Wxnb&locale=en_US&srchid=6712497213938526198…
 * …AME_SEARCH&authToken=Wxnb&locale=en_US&srchid=671249721393852619839&srchindex
   =…
 * …ale=en_US&srchid=671249721393852619839&srchindex=5&srchtotal=5&trk=vsrp_people…
 * …chid=671249721393852619839&srchindex=5&srchtotal=5&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&
   tr…
 * …21393852619839&srchindex=5&srchtotal=5&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPse…
 * …5&srchtotal=5&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A6712497213938526…
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 * Last reply from: [pheffner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pheffner/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-markup-validation-errors/)
 * Status: not resolved